China is not playing by the West's rules. It’s not negotiating. It’s not retaliating. It’s dismantling — the dollar, the supply chains, the brands, even the minds of Western youth.
Tariffs are breaking old trade ties. AI and robots are rewriting the rules. The U.S.–China split is just the beginning of a new world map drawn in algorithms, not alliances.
What if a trade policy wasn’t just about economics—but about resetting the entire global power structure? Trump’s 2025 tariffs are doing just that. We look at the strategies, and hidden levers behind this economic disruption—and explore what it means for the world.
Geetha Pious is the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative, David Shearer’s head of field office in Juba and coordinates all peacekeeping components and civil affairs in the capital, and the former central Equatoria state of South Sudan. She also discusses the peace process, the UN mandate due to be renewed by March 15, 2019, tribal versus national identity and accountability for human rights violations, war crimes and conflict related sexual and gender based violence in South Sudan.
